The changing nature of crime including vagrancy, moral crime and witchcraft (OCR GCSE History A (Explaining the Modern World)): Flashcards
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Vagabonds/rogues (16th c.)
Vagabonds/rogues (16th c.)
Vagrants who used tricks to gain money from people
The Angler (vagabond type)
The Angler (vagabond type)
Used hooked stick to steal goods through windows
Counterfeit crank
Counterfeit crank
Dressed in worn clothes & pretended to be sick
Abraham man
Abraham man
Pretended mental illness for donations
Heresy definition
Heresy definition
Not believing in the accepted religion
Heresy punishment method
Heresy punishment method
Burning at the stake
Oliver Cromwell (1649)
Oliver Cromwell (1649)
Puritan Lord Protector after Charles I executed
Year Christmas banned
Year Christmas banned
1652 (under Puritanism)
Matthew Hopkins role
Matthew Hopkins role
Witchfinder in Essex (1640s)
People executed for witchcraft
People executed for witchcraft
About 1,000 (mostly women)
James I's witchcraft book
James I's witchcraft book
Demonology
High treason definition
High treason definition
Betrayal against the king or queen
Petty treason definition
Petty treason definition
Betrayal against lord; murder of wife/husband/bishop
Gunpowder Plot year
Gunpowder Plot year
1605
Sir Thomas More's fate
Sir Thomas More's fate
Executed when Henry VIII split from Catholic Church